compared to the west coast and look at the next picture, showing the enormity of superstorm sandy blanketing the eastern seaboard. that was crazy and this one, totally amazing, the korean peninsula, pointing to the bottom, pointing to south korea, slightly eliminated, north korea totally dark. that sums up the situation in those two countries. these images come courtesy of a new satellite equipped with a sensor that allows observation at night, totally cool. the korea thing -- ashley: that says it all. the 20 first century or the other, what the very cool pictures especially sandy. just a reminder how big that storm was. it is coming up on a quarter till the hour and time for stocks as we do. let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange. nicole: you come to me when the major averages we followed so closely have up arrows. the dow jones industrials back in the green. we have had back-and-forth action today. the dow is up 15 points, the tech heavy nasdaq the best of the three. we want to take a look at serious back sam radio. serious ex them radio. what is interesting is th